Fading Away

[fnkngrv]

I personally really dislike the circles cramp and they went overboard with Hangouts. I prefer a very simple vhat ability rather than how hangouts works. A large crowd were pretty pissed when gtalk was deactivated.

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

I personally really dislike the circles cramp and they went overboard with Hangouts. I prefer a very simple vhat ability rather than how hangouts works. A large crowd were pretty pissed when gtalk was deactivated.

Interesting. I love circles. It lets me post stuff to certain sets of ppl w/o having to bug everyone else. If I'm not mistaken, after circles came, FB improved upon their groups functionality to work similarly.

I also love Hangouts. On my Nexus 6, Hangouts manages both chat and SMS for me, so I only have to go to one app. Being able to call from it using my Google voice number, or video chat with family out of the country, has also been great for me.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Interesting. I love circles. It lets me post stuff to certain sets of ppl w/o having to bug everyone else. If I'm not mistaken, after circles came, FB improved upon their groups functionality to work similarly.

I also love Hangouts. On my Nexus 6, Hangouts manages both chat and SMS for me, so I only have to go to one app. Being able to call from it using my Google voice number, or video chat with family out of the country, has also been great for me.

It can have its place for sure. Just not for me. At least with FB they can't analyze your entries and manipulate your inbox with crap they feel is relevant. I had a Google Voice number for a few years. I found that people that I had to deal with outside of my friends and family didn't like it. They wouldn't call it back half the time or wouldn't answer the calls. Anyway, we are taking this kind of off topic. =)

I just find forums to be pretty clunky and too anonymous now personally which is one of the reasons why I don't hit them as often anymore.

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

I just find forums to be pretty clunky and too anonymous now personally which is one of the reasons why I don't hit them as often anymore.

Totally agree. I still dig yw tho. My bro-in-law gets info/parts from a bmw forum.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Totally agree. I still dig yw tho. My bro-in-law gets info/parts from a bmw forum.

Yeah, my heart will always remain here for sure =) having Tapatalk makes a huge difference.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

It can have its place for sure. Just not for me. At least with FB they can't analyze your entries and manipulate your inbox with crap they feel is relevant. I had a Google Voice number for a few years. I found that people that I had to deal with outside of my friends and family didn't like it. They wouldn't call it back half the time or wouldn't answer the calls

I think Eric Schmidt's comment to then CNBC's Maria Bartiromo on December 3, 2009 that "If you have something you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place" is THE most arrogant public statement ever made by the CEO of a U.S. based publicly traded company. I try my best to avoid searching on Google. I used to use Scroogle (a one person, IIRC, non profit with 9 (?) servers that would feed people's searches to Google through their IP address.....not the searcher's IP address). Google eventually found a way to block Scroogle. A few days before Scroogle shut down, they posted a link to DuckDuckGo. These days I usually use DuckDuckGo. Some physical addresses only appear on Google Maps. Google Street View also seems to be the best of such products. My house was the last one built in my neighborhood. Google Street View shows all of my neighbor's houses, but the view in my case was captured the day after they finished the foundation . And that was in 2008!

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I think Eric Schmidt's comment to then CNBC's Maria Bartiromo on December 3, 2009 that "If you have something you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place" is THE most arrogant public statement ever made by the CEO of a U.S. based publicly traded company. I try my best to avoid searching on Google. I used to use Scroogle (a one person, IIRC, non profit with 9 (?) servers that would feed people's searches to Google through their IP address.....not the searcher's IP address). Google eventually found a way to block Scroogle. A few days before Scroogle shut down, they posted a link to DuckDuckGo. These days I usually use DuckDuckGo. Some physical addresses only appear on Google Maps. Google Street View also seems to be the best of such products. My house was the last one built in my neighborhood. Google Street View shows all of my neighbor's houses, but the view in my case was captured the day after they finished the foundation . And that was in 2008!

Interesting...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Interesting...

Schmidt was undoubtedly brilliant re the trajectory he executed for Google...ROI, market position, market cap, etc. That doesn't make him a great human being. He followed his own words to Maria Bartiromo in that he didn't attempt to hide his affairs from his wife. Considering that he has two children, that period couldn't have been very easy for them, and () wouldn't win him any 'father of the year' honors. His wife was quoted as saying she "felt like a piece of luggage". Ouch. I've heard some interesting words from scorned ex-spouses, but I think that one (too original to doubt, IMO) is pretty telling.

[Killchain]

I'll stick around, besides I like it here. But I look at it the forum will still help people. Or like a 30 year old car that was ended. People will still come around.